Caledon River

The Caledon River is a major river located in central South Africa. Its total length is 642 km, rising in the Mountains on the border, flowing southwestward and then westward before joining the near in the southern .
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river
  • Also known as: Mechachaneng”, “Mohokare River”, and “Wilhelminarivier

Caledon River

Latitude
-30.51667° or 30° 31′ south
Longitude
26.08333° or 26° 5′ east
Elevation
1,264 metres (4,147 feet)
Open location code
4GX8F3MM+88
Geo­Names ID
1014271
Wiki­data ID
Q509983
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Caledon River” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Caledonrivier
  • Afrikaans: Wilhelminarivier
  • Arabic: نهر كاليدون
  • Asturian: Ríu Caledon
  • Belarusian: Каледон
  • Belarusian: рака Каледон
  • Cebuano: Mohokare
  • Chinese: 卡利登河
  • Croatian: Caledon
  • Dutch: Caledonrivier
  • Egyptian Arabic: نهر كاليدون
  • French: Caledon
  • Georgian: კალედონი
  • German: Caledon
  • Hebrew: קלדון
  • Irish: Abhainn Caledon
  • Italian: Caledon
  • Japanese: カレドン川
  • Lithuanian: Kaledonas
  • Northern Frisian: Caledon Struum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Caledon
  • Ossetian: Каледон
  • Persian: رود کالدون
  • Persian: رودخانه کالیدون
  • Polish: Caledon
  • Portuguese: Rio Caledon
  • Russian: Каледон
  • South Azerbaijani: کالیدون چایی
  • Spanish: Rio Caledon
  • Spanish: Río Caledon
  • Swahili: Mto Caledon
  • Ukrainian: Вільгельміна (річка)
  • Ukrainian: Каледон
  • Ukrainian: Могокарі
  • Venetian: Fiume Caledon
  • Welsh: Afon Caledon

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caledon River”. Photo: Graham Maclachlan, CC BY-SA 3.0.